Hello,
The way too long baseball season continues on, Arizona beat LA 4-1 on Thursday. This was Arizona's last chance to win at least one game in the series. Because of their victory Arizona remains above .500. Almost assuredly the Dodgers have the NL West wrapped up, their magic number remains at 6. I still expect the Dodgers to clinch the NL West by this weekend.
Hyun- Jin Ryu has often given up a lot of hits, but has been able to scatter those hits so that they don't do much damage. In this game Ryu wasn't able to get away with giving up so many hits. He gave up 10 hits, but only a respectable 3 runs. But many times with this Dodgers offense, that's simply not enough. All LA could produce in this game was 8 hits and 1 run. Lately the Dodgers have been scoring enough runs, but they didn't on Wednesday.
Yasiel Puig was the only Dodger who provided any runs, he hit his 16th homer of the season in the 7th inning. It was too little, too late though as Arizona went on to win 4-1. Puig and Hanley Ramirez remain in a battle for the Dodgers best batting average. Puig was 2 for 4 and is hitting .340. Currently Ramirez is the Dodger with the best batting average, he was 2 for 4 and is hitting .342.
LA is now 2-1 on their 7 game home stand, the Dodgers close it out with 4 games against rival San Francisco. In the first two games the Giants are scheduled to face Zack Greinke and Clayton Kershaw. In the series' third game the Giants are scheduled to battle the Dodgers hottest pitcher, Ricky Nolasco. The Giants will finish the series by facing Edinson Volquez, does that mean that Chris Capuano is no longer in the Dodgers starting rotation?
Speaking of Dodger starting pitchers, I'd been wondering when Ted Lilly would make his return to the Dodgers? I went to ESPN's Dodgers page to look at their roster and Lilly's name isn't even listed. I did some research and I was surprised to see that Ted Lilly was released from the Dodgers 2 1/2 months ago! He was activated on July 24th and then designated for assignment on July 25th. I'm not sure of all the ins and outs of what being designated for assignment means, but essentially it means that Lilly was released. Don't feel bad for Lilly though, he's paid $12 million this season for very little production. The Dodgers must not be the only ones who didn't think he had anything left in the tank, I can't find any news that another team signed him.
But good news for LA, they no longer have to pay him after this season. Next season will be Josh Beckett's last season with the Dodgers. Hopefully he gives LA a bit more production than Lilly did, but I don't expect it. Like Lilly I think that Beckett is pretty much done. I'm not going to miss him when he isn't on the Dodgers any longer. Lilly and Beckett have been two anchors on LA's payroll. Money doesn't seem to be a pressing concern for LA, but still the less money they have to pay the better.
Meanwhile the Pirates swept the Rangers, Mike Carp hit a grand slam in the top of the 10th inning to propel the Red Sox to another victory over the Rays. Oakland scored two touchdowns, with a two point conversion on one of the TDs, and a field goal to win 18-3. Oakland came so close to blocking Minnesota's field goal attempt :) Also the Braves lost, but so what? It seems like the Braves have had the NL East wrapped up for it seems to be forever.
I'm trying to enjoy this season as much as I can, because my teams will never be as collectively good again as they are this season.
themusicaddict
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